The Hindu 04.01.2010
136 mobile health units for slums
Staff Reporter
NEW DELHI: The Municipal Corporation of Delhi has granted approval to the proposal of deployment of 136 mobile health units in jhuggi jhonpri and slum clusters of the city.
The proposal was given the go-ahead at the MCD Standing Committee this past Wednesday. “The project would be implemented by Keshav Dharmarth Trust. It would provide 136 mobile health units comprising 24 mobile health ambulances, 105 mobile health clinics and seven mobile health hospitals,” an MCD official said.
These units would provide 2.5 hours of service daily on all working days and the Trust would be providing monthly advance programme of areas to be covered by the mobile units so as to avoid duplication and ensure adequate utilisation. They would also be focussing on Below Poverty Line families and also reach out to MCD school children as well as referral services to hospitals at no cost.
It would also provide assistance during disasters, epidemics as well as emergency rescue and evacuation during the Commonwealth Games as part of the proposal.
